Roslyn Sinclair > Quotes

“Well, then, she said. "You'll keep your name. You'll keep your will. You'll have your own servants to attend you— you will have everything you ask for."

This couldn't be happening. "No, wait, I don't—"

"Except for one thing," Mir said."

Ari froze.

"Don't ask me to let you do," Mir said. "Do you understand? Do not ask me.”
― Roslyn Sinclair, The Lily and the Crown

“One thing is certain in this life: loving Vivian Carlisle would never, ever go out of style.”
― Roslyn Sinclair, Above All Things

“Vivian Carlisle happened to her, like an avalanche or tsunami, as sudden and unforgiving as natural disaster. That was the thing about nature, though. It was frightening, dangerous, unpredictable–yes, all that. It was also inspiring. Even Beautiful.”
― Roslyn Sinclair, Truth and Measure

“I really can't seem to do without you. Do you know what it was like? Realizing that? Wanting you sexually— that I can certainly accept. If others could see you as I have seen you...everyone would want you. Everyone.”
― Roslyn Sinclair, The Lily and the Crown

“Was that unclear?” For once, Vivian didn’t sound sarcastic or impatient.
She seemed genuinely confused.
“Apparently.”
“I don’t understand. Who talks about their friends as their girlfriends?”
“Women do it all the time,” Jules said in surprise.
Vivian glared at Jules. “Not the women I know.”
“That’s because nobody in the fashion industry wears straight goggles.
You’re mingling with civilians now.”
“But it’s so…infantile.” Vivian looked around with a blistering stare as if the New York Yacht Club was wholly to blame for heterosexuality. “Now what am I supposed to call you? My partner?” Her lip curled as if the notion was too prosaic for words.
“How about your piece of ass?” Jules suggested.
“Julia,” Vivian said reprovingly, but her lips twitched.”
― Roslyn Sinclair, Above All Things

“Ari set her jaw. Rock was strong. But given enough time, vegetation could overtake it, cover it up, even take root in the crevices and cracks. Let Mír be the rock; Ari was content to remain a tree.”
― Roslyn Sinclair, The Lily and the Crown

“L’heure bleue, Jules thought. That mysterious time just between day and night when the sky begins to darken. When anything seems possible and nothing seems quite real. My favorite hour.”
― Roslyn Sinclair, Above All Things

“Well, then," she said. "You'll keep your name. You'll keep your will. You'll have your own servants to attend you— you will have everything you ask for."

This couldn't be happening. "No, wait, I don't—"

"Except for one thing," Mir said.

Ari froze.

"Don't ask me to let you go," Mir said. "Do you understand? Do not ask me.”
― Roslyn Sinclair, The Lily and the Crown

“She felt wet skin, surprisingly warm, taut with muscle. Was this what it was like to touch a naked woman? Softness and strength all at once? Blessed—no, divine⁠—”
― Roslyn Sinclair, The Woman from the Waves

“Spoken in her voice, Alice’s name sounded musical, like a touch, a caress.”
― Roslyn Sinclair, Heavy Sugar

“I’ll try to be less boring,” she blurted.

Assistant looked stunned again. Well, she often looked stunned around Ari, so that was nothing new. But then she actually chuckled. “In order to be boring,” she said, “you must first stop surprising me. You haven’t done that yet.”
― Roslyn Sinclair, The Lily and the Crown

“You’re a goner, she thought, as she came back to herself. She calls you “my love” and you have an out-of-body experience right in front of your parents.”
― Roslyn Sinclair, Above All Things